First time with fry!!!

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hotwingz

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Ok so as my topic states, i have fry!!! :D they are swordtail fry. Im not sure how many i have right now. But i would like to keep as many i can! Ha. I have them in a ten gallon right now. And i only have the female in the tank. How long before i should take her out, and when abd how should i feed the fry.

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Ok. But i need to know, how, to feed. I know what to feed them. Cruched flakes work too. Im lookinf more like how often, how long after their born. That kinda stuff, and any help and pointers would be very helpful!

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You can start feeding them few hours after being born. Im currently raising my 6 swordtail fry that i saved from the tank in a floating box and i started feeding them newly hatchet artemia wich they totally love. I feed them up to 10 times a day depending on how full their bellies are :D I've also given them crushed flakes, they eat some of it but spit most of it out haha. They are 5 days old now and when they reach 2 weeks im going to stop feeding them artemia and release them back with the grown ups.

Btw they can eat alot and they also digest it quickly and s**t often. Thats why you need to feed them more. I dont think you can over feed them but you can over feed the tank so do water changes quite often ;)
 
Ok cool thanks for sharing. Ive been feeding them crushed flakes 3 times a day. And the tank their in is covered in algea! Which ive seen them feeding on. We were actually about to take it down because it gets too much light and we cant control it. But it needed cleaning already. Im afraid to clean it and also to do water changes. Its a small tank with tiny friends. Any tips with that???

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While I don't have a ton of experience with live bearers.

- Leave the algea. It's a better nutruient soup than we could ever hope to provide. The fry also love playing/eating in light algea. Happier fry = faster fry.
- I've always gone crushed flake vs bbs / artemia, I tend to do ok. (In picky situations, I use a 12" length of cpvc 1/2" water pipe to feed them. Hard shake a 1/4 pinch of crushed flake in a 1/4 filled 20oz water bottle 'tank water' poured through the cpvc dumps soft ready food to the fry.) Not as fast as bbs, but it works. ^_^
- I feed as often as the fry will eat, while keeping an eye on water quality. (I tend to do the discus thing. Feed nonstop, change water nonstop_
- In my experience.... If you train fry to huge water changes and excellent feeding, they tend to forget they're supposed to be difficult fish. ;) (Not a constant, but a relevant.)

Fish, Hikari first bites are an excellent accepted starter. They're also $10+/lb. I don't deny they're awesome, but there are home brew means to keep the wrigglers happy. (IF the owner is stringent in quality / portion control.) It's a question of effort in almost all cases. More "well guided" effort lends to faster fish. ^_^
 
Cool thanks! I like the bottle trick! Very clever. And ya i think im on the right path as of now. I havent found any dead fry yet so thats good. Were only on day two so im not im not out the water yet ;) but i do need to do a water change. How much is ok to do. Id really hate to loose them over something so simple.

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